On a miserably wet Friday evening in Silfiac BDCC managed a 'Nelson'
in eighteen overs. The Doctors scored 111 for nine thanks to a watchful
innings of 27 not out by Richard Budd

supported by the reliable Keith
Powell scoring a quick 22. The second highest score was extras with 26
including 23 wides, and a cameo innings of 21 by Tom Adcock at the conclusion
of the innings. The pick of the bowlers was Bishwal with 2/14 & Nick Matthews
with 2/15.

In reply Doctors took two quick wickets, tour debutant Ben Brown
taking 2/29. The home team quickly took control with aggressive leg side
sixes from Matthews 28 n.o. and Bala

However a
well-constructed innings by new recruit Monjour 25 led the hosts to the brink
of victory. There was a glimmer of hope when he was stumped by Macadam off
Paisley 1/15, but a trio of wides ultimately lost the game.

On Saturday the now traditional volleyball was played in beautiful
sunshine in Le Coudiac. As we drove towards Silfiac the clouds gathered again
but the rain stayed away and we were

able to contest a 35 over game
against Central Brittany CC. The Doctors again batted first and were soon
struggling at 26/3 against the bowling of Bishwal 2/24, Lee Snelling 3/36
& Dave Amos 4/12. But a partnership of 59 by the Budd brothers who each
scored 37 and Tom Adcock chipping in with 15 gave Doctors a total of 134 to
defend.

Man of the match Oliver Budd ripped through
the top order with 4/29 ably assisted by some excellent catches by Barker
(3), Tom Adams & Tom Guppy.CBCC
rallied with some strong hitting from Lee Snelling 41 supported by Pat
Dalling 20. Phil Barker tightened the screw with a spell of 6 overs taking 1
for 5 and then an inspired bowling change saw Charles Macadam take 3/7 and
Tom Guppy (1 /1) took the last wicket to secure a 14 run victory.

Sunday saw another sunny morning of volleyball before setting off
south to Serent where we played CC de l'Oust.Doctors batted first and again were in trouble at 12/3 against the
quick

bowling of Monjour 1/16 & Bala
2/6 and the slower Matt Powell 2/20.Again the Doctors were in debt to the Budd brothers who put together a
stand of 64 in 14 overs, Oliver scoring

34 and Richard 27. They were both
removed by Lee Snelling 3/11. The second highest stand of the day (20) was
the last wicket between Jeremy Budd (4) and Barker (25 not out) as the
Doctors scored an under par 123.

A run out and a great catch by Tom Adcock
put some pressure on the host team until a good partnership between Wayne
Ackroyd (24) and Matt Powell (15) swung the game away from the Doctors until
Phil Barker (3/15) bowled Ackroyd and had Powell caught in the deep with a
good juggling catch by Andrew Guppy. Guest player Bishwal 1/18 also applied
the brakes and with pressure building on de l'Oust Macadam was brought on and
took 3 wickets in his first over (3/12). But a very patient innings from
Monjour (31 not out) won the game for the French team in the 30th over by one
wicket.